I have. There were too many drugs and dirty hippies (including a couple of my cousins) for me to be happy. And a sad lack of ocean (which I am obsessed with being able to see even though I hate going to the beach).

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

Magnolia618 wrote:You get a beautiful view of Lake Champlain I know, I know... not the same.

Where were these drugs you speak of? Got a number?

LOL nope no numbers sorry. But I do have a dead friend who was VERY anti-drug prior to moving up there and a family member who works at UVM who has talked about the immense drug problems in Burlington. I also saw a study done that showed Burlington having one of the highest heroin rates in the country. Unfortunately I didn't save the link to the study.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

I loved Vermont until 2 years ago when we decided to go flyballin'...and camping too. In May. It was all good until the hail started (we were crated outside under a canopy). Then it snowed that night...we ended up sleeping in the van, with John's scooter parked in the snow under a tarp. SUPER.

It's pretty though!

But we also found out as we tried to sight-see in Bennington...that VT seems to be the state that the ADA forgot. NOTHING was accessible. Restaurants were not, gift shops were not. The big attraction...Bennington Pottery...nope, not accessible. Not by the pretty new stone walkway that ramped up...and ended in a step up.

At least we found an accessible winery...so John was finally happy.

"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo

"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw